A 22-year-old woman and her three-year-old daughter who went missing from Lowestoft on Tuesday have been found safe and well in North Walsham in north Norfolk, police have said.

Samantha Paterson and her daughter Lily Rowbotham were last seen at about 9:10am on Tuesday and were reported as missing at around 10:30pm that evening.

This morning a police spokesman said; 'A woman and her young daughter who went missing from Lowestoft earlier this week have been found safe and well in North Walsham.'